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  1. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah I have seen those. The shape really lends itself to an electric scoot, sort of futuristic rocket/torpedo concept from the 50's. I like how the power point plugs in under the fuel cap. Not sure if they're re-pressing body shells or fixing up old ones. If I had a spare one I'd look at lectrifying it, lots of room for batteries etc...
  2. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Up at 6 this morning to make a new fuel line connector to replace the one I munted getting off. I had only used the flaring tool on copper oil lines before, the fuel line was a bit harder and needed a bit more care, making sure all edges were de-burred and tools were square before starting... Came out ok though, once I remembered to put the fitting on before flaring the end... Another small job ticked off, love using things like this old US made tool kit I picked up on tardme...
  3. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Well thought I'd have been cruising by now, esp as wife and kids have been on holiday, and I had visions of living in the shed for a week. Cunningly, however, wifey had made other plans, so while they were shopping on the Gold Coast, I was getting home from work and plastering and painting the kids bedrooms. I don't enjoy that sort of work... Anyways, saturday sports, buying more projects I don't need, repairing my compressor and shitty weather have slowed things down, but I did get under the car on the weekend to tidy a few things up. Tightened trans cooler pipes, fitted vacuum line, filler tube and speedo drive, with all new o-rings, vacuum rubber etc. Just conscious it's a lot easier to sort this stuff out before the headers go in. Thought I'd take the chance to made up some new linkage bushings on the old Myford... One was actually missing, so should take some of the slop out of the gear selection... And installed the new washer bottle/pump. There was a tab on the pump motor that was energised when the key was on, and another spade terminal that earths when the wiper switch is pushed, so simple bit of soldering/wiring, and hopefully I'll have a much better squirt mechanism. Just plumbed in new hose and tied new wires along the hose and loom to tidy things up... The vacuum line clip on top of the trans got snapped off while dropping the engine in, so thought I'd have a bash at repairing it... Don't know anything about metallurgy, but as this is spring steel, zapped it up and cooled in oil, as I didn't want to lose the spring, really just having a play... Seemed to work, and I congratulated myself on being a clever chappie. Then it snapped when I fitted the vacuum line. Funnily enough it broke next to the weld, so the heat did some weird black-magic thing to the metal and made it brittle. Was worth a crack, but just made up a new clip out of an old Harley fender, should do the trick... Next on the list is new main leads and finding the trans cooling clips etc...
  4. Lord Gruntfuttock
    That cut down quickly looked great, bet his kids had a ball on it...
  5. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Had a mate way back with a pulse. I recall these had issues with water getting into the lectrics, but looks like you've found that out. Cool 80s vibe.
  6. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So picked up the donor CT last night, fair to say the seller was a bit........ odd. There was a mixup over what bike I'd bought, and he led me through town in the dark then back to his lair in between bouts of abuse - thought I'd have to text my mate the address so's they could find my head. Anyways, survived and got it home, and its up there as the best $26 I've spent on a pile of rust... Yeah it has some serious rot - looks like it's laid in a hedge for some time so the tinware's pretty much fucked, and the rear wheel is locked so took a bit of shoving to shift it, BUT, it kicks over ok, seems to have compression and the oil looks clean enough... Plus it has the battery cover (normally missing) and a good plastic downtube cover, and it has the ignition switch, key and helmet lock, and the seat pan may be ok. Best thing is, after I dislodged the battery cover (rusty screw) it had a FULL tool kit in the bag underneath - Woohoo... Really want to rip into it to see if the frame/motor are salvageable for a special, but as I need a new project like another hole in my arse I'll chuck this under a tarp till I have some space and time to deal with it properly. Doesn't stop me squirelling parts for the orange roughy though (already bought a cable set and brake shoes). I was going to paint the plastics period grey cos it looks cool, but I may just fit them as is to make a fully functional but ratty looking machine, (wife's had me doing house reno stuff so a bit over sanding and painting at the moment). Also nudging my cobber hard to get one himself for rally giggles, shouldn't be too hard, he's got 9 on his watchlist...
  7. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah pretty cool. will see how rooted that donor is when I pick it up, could maybe cut it down to a special, chuck a Lifan in it...
  8. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So bought another bike last week, just cos it was local and a mate was egging me on with talk of epic cross country rides. This is a 1973 K4 model in Mars orange, 90cc and a precursor to the ubiquitous red 110cc postie bike. I think lots of parts are interchangeable, so should be plenty of sources for the missing bits... Picked it up yesterday, couple of kicks and she burst into life, I rode it round the house and jemmied it into the overflowing shed... And even better, picked this up this morning, local and $26. Sweet deal, rough as fuck but has a few bits I need... So unsure of plans at this stage, too much on to get into it immediately. Will prob keep patina (rust) and replace bearings, brake shoes, cables etc. Loosely planning some overland trips, also the odd scooter run, should be fun once I get some time to play with it...
  9. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Cheers, yeah getting there slowly, would be much easier without other things getting in the way. It's hard not to get discouraged with setbacks and delays, main reason I started writing it up really - bit of a driver to make progress. (Doesn't help I just bought another bike project). Bit nervous about videoing startup as could be tempting a fireball...
  10. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Been away for work for a week, and when I got back there was a list of things to do that were apparently much higher priority than working in the shed. Good thing is some bits arrived while I was gone, shelled out for some spark plug lead routing looms, will be interesting to see how they go with the new leads I also received... And did get into it for an hr or so this arvo, fitted the starter motor I had cleaned and painted months ago... And pleased to see no drips underneath, cleaned up the trans cooling tubes and fitted them at the trans end... Unfortunately have forgotten how all the clips etc go for these, so will look thru my pics and get back into it later this week...
  11. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Orange bikes is cool...
  12. Lord Gruntfuttock
    So looks like I have to lower the front end. Any ideas on spring/shock combos? Running 7" 12 slotters on front, and don't want it slammed, just lowered enough to look right. Looking at King springs KFFL-01, they recommend these for both V8 Windsor and 6cyl models... Anyone used these, got pics?
  13. Lord Gruntfuttock
    dble post, so pic of engine before it came out just cos... [Edit] Oh yeah, I know there are a few bits to go back in, and it's dry weight still, but it appears the front end is sitting comically high after shedding those cast heads. Will need to lower her. Will ask in discussion thread for advice on springs/shocks... //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/51628-lord-gruntfuttocks-1971-xy-fairmont-big-grunty-discussion/
  14. Lord Gruntfuttock
    And she's in... Mated up tranny and block, still a little tricky even with my trans stand, a matter of lining up torque converter studs and locating dowels on trans case, making sure drain bolt is located in a hole in the flywheel... Lot easier to pull out than put in it must be said, engine was on a slight angle and things wouldn't line up, but got fat Jim leaning on it and she slotted in... So all bolted up and ready to start putting things back together. A worrying smear of fluid under the trans, hopefully it's from being inverted and the pan isn't leaking (shouldn't be, new gasket and was torqued up perfectly). I'll give it a clean and see if it reappears. The old Windsor is a tiny engine when you look at them sitting with no attachments... I've ordered some new leads you cut to length but I'll use the old ones for running it in...
  15. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Thought it'd be easier to get the wiper unit in while the bonnet was off and engine out, so picked up where I'd left off. Packed the screw and sprocket out with grease before putting cover on... Then hooked up battery and ran unit to see if the two speeds worked and it parked ok. Was stressing a bit about the park position and lining up the blades, but luckily Mr Lucas had marked on the body where the arm should stop. Had 50:50 chance the arm was on right (was wrong) but matter of seconds to fix... Then was just a matter of connecting arm up with the wipers in the park position and snapping on the retaining clip (and then doing it again as I'd forgotten to fit the new mounting gasket beforehand). Little bit of wiring to do to hook up the new pump, but should have a better system than new
  16. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah saw that pic, they do draw attention. Zeta on hold till I get car going. Making effort to work on one thing at a time, looking fwd to getting back into it though...
  17. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Never heard that one, but never had a Clevo either...
  18. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Not much time this weekend, had a footy road trip, but did make up a jig to hold the trans on my bike lift. Coupla bits of waste ply and some 45 x 19 moulding... and this is shaped to fit the pan, weight bearing on the bolts around the edge... And she sits beautifully, should make it real easy to mate up to the engine... Too hungover to do anything else, but getting there...
  19. Lord Gruntfuttock
    I glassed over an MDF base on my cafe build, was easy tho as used a pre-made hump so was only the seat base itself... [edit] post 16 on here... //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50783-lord-gruntfuttock%E2%80%99s-1975-ironhead-caf%C3%A9-racer%E2%80%A6/
  20. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah me too... A learning experience, change filter before rolling over (fucking obvious in retrospect). Gave it a pretty good inspection after cleaning up the obvious crap, D cell LED maglite peering into everywhere I could see, picked a couple of small flakes up with a cotton bud but nothing really noticable. Fingies crossed...
  21. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Ripped into the trans too, unfortunately it's been so long I couldn't recall what bits went where (I really wanted to avoid that situation). Thank fuck for phone pics. Thought I'd lost some pan bolts till I found these brackets etc in a box, what went where was a head scratcher till I scrolled back through some images... I've never looked into an auto trans before, first thought here was shit look at all that crap... But after a wipe up I realised these bits had fallen out of the filter when I rolled it over, and it was actually pretty clean inside... And a new filter made it look pretty flash... I cleaned out the pan and gave the holes a tickle with a hammer to straighten out the dimples... And all together, also chucked some heat shrink over the tatty wiring, couldn't get it as tight as I'd like as had to slide it over the plug, but I'll tape up the join and should be all good... I also checked I had torqued the flywheel bolts and was contemplating mating the engine to the trans when a mate came round with beer, so that's pretty much where things stopped...
  22. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Back on deck after Ebola, and started getting a few things done I had put off. Nice day so gave the radiator a backflush with the hose and cleaned the dead butterfies etc out of the fins, had a helper for this... Got a few bits of crud out by shaking it upside down, but nothing major, I had this professionally flushed around 4 yrs ago so didn't expect much apart from a few loose bits that had escaped the block... And it looks pretty good, any bits in the fins in this pic are actually just water droplets...
  23. Lord Gruntfuttock
    No updates cos man-flu. Tis a serious affliction, think it's something to do with testicles. Hope to be back on track this weekend...
  24. Lord Gruntfuttock
    Yeah you can chase a leak with something like crc/wd40 sprayed at problem areas and listen to noise change, but messy, best to use butane/engine start...
  25. Lord Gruntfuttock
    I've found doing skids is detrimental to fuel economy...
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